Organic Cannabis Infused Lollipops and Marijuana Hard Candy Recipe

This is one of those recipes where I’m just going to come out and say it… “If I can do it. You can do it.”

I’m not a candy maker at heart. So the idea of having to figure out hard crack temperatures, just to land myself in the ER with 3rd degree burns, only to have to clean up after a hard candy mess… Well, it was intimidating.

It was so intimidating that even though I’ve gotten 1234987 requests from you guys to make these and share the experience, I put it off for almost a year.

I’ll admit it… I was actually scared at the thought of making cannabis lollipops.

Crazy, right?

Super crazy…

Because these homemade marijuana lollipops are so quick and easy to make, you will wonder why you’ve never done it before (and if you have made them before, you’ll wonder why you don’t make them more often).

When all was said and done, these organic cannabis infused lollipops yielded 20 pretty and delicious infused candies (some were prettier than others), with no burns and no crazy clean up.

I’m going to go ahead and say my first candy making experience was completely painless and made a delicious cannabis candy that helps me stay pain free. Yeeee!

Homemade Marijuana Lollipops

The key to making cannabis infused lollipops is temperature. While this is a very simple edibles recipe, requiring only 5 ingredients, it’s not something you can set and forget. You have to be present and keep a close eye on your thermometer throughout the process.

There’s a thing in candy making called “Hard Crack Stage” and it simply means that you have to heat your organic sugar, corn syrup and water up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit before removing it from the heat source. Getting it to this temperature, makes your candy hard. Makes sense, right?

The tricky part with making marijuana infused lollipops is that you have to let it cool down to about 250 degrees Fehrenheit so you don’t lose out on all of the incredible healing compounds in your cannabis tincture. This makes it a little messier to deal with since the liquid candy has already cooled and gets a bit sticky around this temperature.

You’ll probably have little hard candy trails all over your molds and counter when all is said and done. The upside is that you can just wait until it hardens and eat it. I didn’t have any issues with stubborn hard candy that I couldn’t pry off, but you’ll want to make sure that you work on non-stick surfaces. It all popped off and went right into my mouth. Which is a clean up process I can really get behind.

If you’re worried about making a mess, just lay down a sheet of parchment paper underneath your candy or lollipop molds.

You’ll have to make a cannabis tincture first or use decarboxylated hash (I haven’t tried this yet, but will update this post as soon as I do). Be careful when using alcohol-based tincture and make sure you are far away from your heat source when stirring it into your candy mixture. Because… Booze + Heat = Fire.

DIY Organic Cannabis Hard Candy

This exact recipe can be used to make cannabis hard candy.

It’s all in the mold. You can use your gummy bear molds from making Cannabis Gummies, or you can find molds specifically for hard candy making here. I prefer working with silicon since it’s reusable and it’s easy to remove your candy from silicon molds, but player’s choice!

Just follow the steps exactly and skip the sticks 🙂

Cannabis Candy Making Materials

There are a few things you’re going to need ahead of time to make this recipe:

A good candy thermometer (I use this one… it’s cheap and it works great!)

Much love,

Corinne

Disclaimer: This is not intended as medical advice. I’m not a doctor. I’m also not a lawyer and can’t defend you if you get busted trying to make this recipe in a state that still considers possession or cultivation of cannabis a criminal act. I don’t agree with this law, but I’d never advocate that you break it. Jail would suck. Instead, I strongly advise that you work to change the law in your state or nation by supporting and being active in grassroots organizations that are trying to legalize cannabis in your area (they’re everywhere). This recipe is heretofore only intended for people who live in states or countries where medical or recreational use of cannabis is legal, who are 21 and older, of sound mind and who understand that operating heavy machinery (cars, trucks, planes, etc.) under the influence of any intoxicant, including marijuana, is incredibly dangerous, immature, and wholly stupid. Please don’t ever eat and drive. Support public transportation or use the two legs that evolution gave you and walk your sweet ass wherever it is that you need to go.

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71 Comments

Nancy

January 8, 2017 at 4:03 pm

I love, love, love canna-candy! I use cinnamon flavoring that I get at Michaels and like you skipped the sticks after the first time. I also use concentrated cannabis oil that I get from my compassion center as it blends easier with the sugar and corn syrup. I received a Magic butter machine for Christmas and made a tincture from hash and ever clear but can’t seem to get passed the alcohol taste so am afraid it would ruin the candy if I used it. I’m wondering if I did something wrong because it’s like doing a shot of alcohol, straight up, no water! Not sure if that’s how it’s supposed to be or not?

What kind of alcohol did you use? If it’s PGA/Everclear, it’s going to taste really boozy no matter what. I added honey to mine to help with the taste, but it’s still really intense. Have you tried brandy? IMHO, it’s much smoother and easier to take, especially if you’re using it regularly.

I can’t wait to try these with concentrates. Do you also wait for the temperature to come down to add it or do you put it right in?

Angela

January 17, 2017 at 4:39 pm

My name is Angela, I’ve made the canna honey a few times but this is the first time I used the sunflower lecithin and I used the crockpot method, and my honey came out very dark like molasses or sorghum, can you explain why?

Rhonda

February 25, 2018 at 8:45 pm

I just made this recipe with alcohol-based tincture, fruit punch flavoring and liquid food coloring to make them look fruit-punchy. They’re great… Hard, clear, glossy AND potent! (Wish I could post a pic with my comment.)

This was my first attempt at hard candy-making, yet I decided to make a ballsy move and deviate slightly from the recipe after reading others’ reviews. I mixed the flavoring, coloring and medicating liquids together in a microwave-safe dish and hatred it about 15 seconds before stirring it into the 250-degree candy. (OK, it was probably closer to 260… I was anxious!) Because it was my first experience, I don’t know whether that was a good idea, but the candy turned out great, so it doesn’t seem to have been the worst idea. 🙂

Samantha

January 9, 2017 at 10:17 am

Hello, Corrine! Thanks for this awesome post. I can’t wait to try out your recipe. My question is in regard to dosing. If I’m using hash for this recipe, testing at about 60 percent THC, how would I go about calculating dosages for these pops? Also, the recipe calls for 2-3 tsp cannabis tincture. How much hash should I use? Thanks, again, in advance ! I love what you do.

So if your hash has tested at 60% THC, that means there will be 600 mg of THC in a gram of your hash. If you put an entire gram in this recipe, each lollipop (recipe makes about 20) will have approximately 30 mg THC. That’s a pretty strong lollipop 🙂

If you’d like it to be a little more mellow, you can use 1/2 gram of your hash and each lollipop will have 15 mg THC.

Tom Cohen

January 12, 2017 at 10:04 am

Corrinne:

Here’s my recipe modified from Ruff House Studios. They suggest 3-5 gms of keif or hash which had 0 effect. The one thing I haven’t tried is decarbing the hash (I use Afghani Black). Patients love these and I can’t keep then in stock!

Kella

Anne

February 27, 2017 at 2:15 pm

Hi Corinne,

Thanks for the post! I have a question for you. How did you manage to transfer candy syrup to the mold with the least amount of waste? When I waited the syrup to go 250, it was already getting hard. The syrup I was able to pour into the mold turned out good but there was so much left over in the pot I couldn’t save.

Adam

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Samantha

April 9, 2017 at 8:29 pm

Hey, Corinne!

First and foremost, you are a plethora of knowledge! I just recently purchased your Wake and Bake cookbook, and I am eagerly awaiting Dazed and Infused! Just a quick question: Where can I find the lolipop molds that you use for this recipe?

jaye master

Aimee Edwards

April 17, 2017 at 12:20 am

Hi Corinne, I’ve been researching methods to decarboxylate for my canna oil, which I will be putting in my canna pops. Also, which recipe method would be best. I’ve reduced it to this Alcohol/Everclear method or the soy or sunflower lethicin recipe. In the later, does the powdered lethicin resolve, or do I need a liquid lethicin? Also, I understand that the more potent would be with the lethicin? Are there any methods of extracting that would allow your infusion to be clear in color and without much debris?

tinctures are better on color and debris than oil, and if you can get your hands on some organic concentrate, that’s even better. I’ve honestly never made these with oil, so I’m not sure how that would go. Let me know if you try it 🙂

Aimee Edwards

Aimee E

January 15, 2018 at 12:43 am

Hi Corinne,. My first attempt at canna oil came out great. However, the first attempt at canna lollipops were a flop. I believe my issue is the temperature between my canna oil and my candy. I am adding it at 250 degrees and stirring..as my heat is off, but I think it is cooling the candy too quickly and not giving it a chance to mix. I see other people have this same issue. With deductive reseaoning, this is the only thing that makes sense to me. Can you give any further suggestions?

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Becky

June 3, 2017 at 2:08 pm

Hi there! I have always made hard candies with MBO, and always wondered ( during the MBO making process ) if it was possible to make these candies with just straight up tincture. Have you ever had/tried hard candies made with MBO ( pretty much the exact recipe on the MB website ), and if so, how do they compare potency-wise to the candies from your recipe? Thank you!!!! Becky

Brian

June 15, 2017 at 10:30 am

I have a question if I used cannibus infused corn syrup and cannibus infused sugar with the same strain will it work with this recipe? I am using dragon berry Kush. Thank you or should I make a Kush tincture and add it. I am tying to see what will hit harder

I think it would be interesting to see if the infused corn syrup and sugar would work. I’ve only tried tincture, but I would love to hear the results of that if you decide to try it 🙂 Let me know how it goes! Much love, Corinne

Gia

Samantha

November 3, 2017 at 1:14 pm

Hi, Gia. When I use hash for this recipe, which is more often than not, I infuse my hash into the light corn syrup, first. This has worked fabulously for me, as I find that my potency remains on point. There tends to be a bit of debate as to when THC begins to boil off. Some say the boiling point hovers around 315°, while others say that THC does not boil off until it reaches 392°, or even higher. However, that does not mean that other medicinal cannabinoids do not boil off once they begin to crest the 300° mark. For my own purposes, I try not to go above 325-350° when baking with cannabis. Because this recipe requires you to pull the mixture off heat once it reaches 300°, we remain in the clear. I hope this is helpful! Cheers to cooking with cannabis! 🙂

Dee

October 19, 2017 at 6:48 am

Hi Corinne,

How do you know how much tincture to use in recipes for candy? I understand how to make the tincture less strong in creation and quantity in recipe, but how do you know if how much tincture is too much too little? Butter is a bit easier!

Samantha

October 29, 2017 at 12:31 pm

Hello! I just wanted to chime in to say that I have tried this. Unfortunately, in my experience, it didn’t work. Because you have to work pretty quickly and carefully to even fill all the molds before the mixture hardens, it would have been virtually impossible for me to stir oil into each mold post pour, or even as I went along. Luckily, this was one of the first times I tried this recipe, and it was on a test batch (no cannabis included). Now, I use this recipe ALL THE TIME. I love to experiment with different techniques, but I’ve definitely come to the conclusion that Corinne’s advice to add the oil once the mixture reaches 250° is the best method to follow. I hope this was helpful! Love to all of you! 🙂🌱

Jason

November 3, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Has anyone yet tried this recipe with RSO??? Thinking 1/2 to 3/4 of a gram would be a good substitute amount. ONly thing I am wondering about is solvency of RSO into the sugar. Guessing, as it will be so hot, that it probably won’t be a problem. Would just like to hear from someone who’s done it to see how they turned out

Beckalami

November 3, 2017 at 2:57 pm

Wait until the temp of your candy mixture is around 260-270, then add/whisk your flavored RSO. You have to work real friggin fast! Every time I have done this the candies come out totally edible, and do the job, but….some batches may taste better than others. I think it is due to finding that sweet temp, and how efficiently, and quickly you can whisk it all together, and lay it out in the molds. Hope this made sense! Good luck!

Lusi

November 4, 2017 at 12:20 pm

Hi! I have tried this recipe twice and each time I added the alcohol tincture the candy syrup hardened up so fast that I could not pour into molds. First time, I let cool to 250 degrees. Second time, I only let it cool a bit. Any help???

James Haldane

Jason

November 30, 2017 at 2:13 pm

I just made my first-ever RSO/hash lollipops last night! Mmmm…. Watermelon:) INCREDIBLY powerful medicine. I used 1/2g EACH of RSO and re-powdered ‘candy-bar’ kief hash, which yielded lollipops, that, to my best estimation, are between 35-40 mg per unit. Recipe recommends mixing in material at 250 F, and fellow RSO’er recommended whisking in at 270 F. This still got a bit too cool to be an easy pour into the molds… So…since we decarboxylize @ 300 F, or temp/times close to it, I am thinking that adding our material at between 280-300 F is most likely not going to destroy any medicinal compounds (although I would like to hear more about this from a scientific perspective), while making it easier to transfer to molds (temp/viscosity)probably adding flavoring liquids last. SUPER excited to continue playing around with this method and concept, and to potentially bring other plant medicines/preparations into the mix, for further and deeper healing.

Thank you Corrine for the great, true, and straight-forward recipe. -Jason

Laveeta M Kennedy

December 12, 2017 at 11:33 am

If you choose to add coloring to your candies, it’s easiest to add it as it heats up. Throw in a few drops when it hits 250f before it boils, and let the boil stir it… Just a hint from an old hippie Oracle! Lol! Have a great day!

Kristina Etter

Willow Logan

December 19, 2017 at 8:55 pm

Hi Corinne, Thank you for sharing the wonderful recipe! I can’t wait to make lots of candies once I’ve got it down.

Unfortunately, I’ve tried this recipe twice, and each time it turns into a chalky pile of sugar chunks. Does this recipe work with a vegetable glycerin tinture? I don’t drink, so I made my tincture with vegetable glycerin instead of alcohol. Thank you so much for the help!!

Justin

Ginny

January 7, 2018 at 9:47 am

Hello!

I’ve made these twice. The first time they weren’t sting enough. The second time I doubled the tincture but when I poured it into the mold there was the liquid on top. I assume I didn’t mix it in enough. Your thoughts?

Kristina Etter

January 8, 2018 at 12:52 pm

Mixing it more may have helped, but if you’re adding in extra liquids (tincture in this case), I would assume you may need to slightly increase the sugar or other ingredients to compensate for the added moisture? That’s just a guess on my part, but seems logical.

Samantha Layman

January 8, 2018 at 2:02 pm

I used to make these pops with alcohol tincture, and found that when I needed to add extra tincture to pump up the potency, they didn’t quite come out right. Like you’ve said, stirring more may have helped a bit in this situation, but I found that my best bet was actually making a reduction from my tincture. Keep in mind, this can be dangerous, as heat and high proof alcohol DO NOT MIX! To reduce tincture, I simply pour the amount of tincture needed, potency wise, in a heat safe Pyrex dish, and place it on a hot plate (griddles work great for this), and set it to around 175° (the boiling point of alcohol is 173°). Be sure to keep a close eye on your tincture, as it can evaporate fast. Once evaporated, you are left with a Sicky, resinous substance. I would use this substance in my pops. IMHO, the flavor in tincture made pops isn’t that great (either too boozy, too plant, or both), so I’ve since switched to using hash. Hope this has helped!

J.R.

Lonny R Ibarra

March 24, 2018 at 7:45 pm

My name is Lonny, I made a tincture with my Orange Kush Flower18% Not sure of potency % except for try my self. It 1.0 ml under younge lasted 4 hrs How much of the tincture would I use. For this recipe.

emily

April 12, 2018 at 1:36 pm

Im new to this. My 3rd batch. This time I wanted to make a Fireball candy. Can I use essential oil as flavoring? I added 4-5 drops Youngliving Cinnamon bark oil after i added the hash. Im not sure if essential at 250 was such a great idea? It let out off a bunch of steam. And as far as the essential oil combined with the hash, do you think it may lessen the potency ? I just tried one, I will wait and see. Again, any ideas would help.

West

April 21, 2018 at 4:32 pm

Hey I really want to make these but am scared of them tasting boozy. Is there anything else I can use to make the tincture or will making a reduction from the tincture help at all? Trying to have some fun summer treats.